Body for motor-vehicles.



No. 707,266. Pa'tented'Aug. l9, I902.

I F. CHARRONK'. L.-G|BARDOT.

500v FOR moron VEHICLES.

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' (Application filed Apr. 22, 1902.)

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F. CHABRDNK', L. GIRARDUT.

BODY FUR MOTOR VEHICLES.

(Application filed Apr. 22, 1902*) '2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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- y UNITED ESTATES I'PATENT OFFICE;

- I CFERDINAND'CHARRION N LEONCEGIRARDOT, 01 PARIS, FRANCE.

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i "Application iiled April 22. 1902.

'TD aljlhwhom it may-concern} I Be it known that we, FERDINAND OHA'RRoN and LEONGE GI RARDOT,citizens of the Republie of France, residing" at '-45 Avenue" dev'la Grande Arme, Paris, in ltheRepublic of France, have invented a certain n st? and .use- I ful Improved Body forfMotor QVehicles, of which the followingis'aspecification.,

Qnrinventionrelat'es toan improvedbody to for motor road-vehicles which provides for I all'the desirable comfort linthis class ofIvehicles; With this'constrnction agedflpersofls or ladies can mount on. the carriage imme greatestlfaeility, andfwhen' theridersarein xgstalled in the carriage theyhave not to fear theeventual opening of the doors during the motion, as it can happi'n 'in thecarriages in which thedoor is at the back. v

1 The essential featnreof ouri'mprov'ed body.

" 'z'oxisfthat the'entrance is at the sideand that the opening of the door producestheauto-v I, matic lifting of oneof .the front seats or jdr'lvers seats,'so-as to leave alarge'free passage to the person who mounts on..the car-Y riage without itbeing necessary'toaugment;

I the length of the'carriage; 1

In the accompanying d awi ngs, Figure Us 8 a Iside viewof a Inotor-carriageY-provided with our improved body, the carriagebeing-repre 4 3o scribed in itsnormalposition that.isto'say,

with its door closed.-"' Fig. 2 is'a similar view, the door being opened. Figs. 3 to daredia- I I, graininatic views showing the 'transmission f "offmotion from the'door, to the seat.

I being 1 respectively closedand then opened and Figs. 4; and 6 are'corr'esponding horizon v taljsectionalviews. v n r s our improved body comprises, as-ilsnal," 0 the drivers seat a,ben'eath;which is placed [the petroleum-reservoir I Behind this first.

seat is arranged" at c the rotnndaseanwhich' '.is entirely closed si'dewise and atthe back:

' which affords for'the riders all the, desired comfort. Thedoor d is placed fatthe side of the driversseata. When this door'is'opened,

. a part of theseat is caused to lift automatic-f T ally, which affords an easyaccesstothe'baek part of the carriage s-jAsseen in Fig.1,1the' V 5o rider steps his' footflfirstonthe tread f, which is very low, then ontheintermediate step g, I and enters without any diflicnltyin thecar- I I Figs. 3'; 35- and dare verticalsectio'nal views, the door Serial No. 104,096. (Nomodah) triage." The liftingop' of the seat a'when the door isjope'ned andits letting down when the q door is closed are obtainedxin the following manner: The movable -part "offthe seat is I I hinged on the stationaryjpartat 1;, Like- .wis'ethe movable baekishingedat 2' on the stationary back, and the-jamb 3,,which eon- 1 I nects the movablepart ofathe seattoits back,

is, pivoted to theseparts instead of being rig idly connected-thereto, Y A lever h, arranged underneath themovable part of the seat, is 'free 'tooscillate on' ja' stationary horizontal axle 0, secured to'the wall of the reservoir. .This lever, whichninoves in avertical recess 1' provided in'the' reservoir, carries at the end of its longvarm jairoller j, and itisflpivoted at the endof itsfsmall" armto a bent; red It, which is pivoted atjjits other end tothe the lever h stands in a veryinoli'ned position,

and its jroller j is incon'tact withthe; bottom of the seat a, 'butnearits edge, *If the door is opened, it"will' pulL-while pivoting on its caused {to oscillate arpuind {the axle oland its roller j, which 'rnnson thebottoinofsaid seat,

"door d. This rod'is ,freetoinovein'a recess, Z,providednnderneaththe reservoir. When the door isclosed, asfshow-nin Ei'gs;'3 and 4,;

hinge m, therod k,"whichlin turn 'will piill the small armof lever'h, This1lever-isthen 8 1 long arm, lifts npfth'e seat a by means ofth'e I where a'metallie path lnlhasqbeenprovided.

When thedoor is entirely opened,- the pivotin g-point of rod k-(onsaid door? being at the hack of the I hinge of the" door, as. shown in Fig. '6, the strain e Xerte'd' on thefrodby the weightof the seat cannot canse'anymore the ,doorto pivot in the oppositedirection, so'that 'the door remains open-by itself and the seat l'iftedlup. I If the dooriS1rclosed,lthe contrary' movements areprodiieed,,and the seat is let graduallydown, leaning constantly, on the f roller With this'arrangement much space can lee-spared; because .the'rotnnda-seatcan 'be very near tofthe driyerfs seat',iand besides, a very easy access to lthe' carriage is provided Besides, our carriage allowsof having a passagefree for-theriders, thoiigh the petrol'e'nm reservoir may extend through the whole breadth of thecarriage, asseen in Figs. 5'and 6, which is not possible in thecarriages where therider has to lift, entirely the frontseat to pass to the back. V

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention and in What manner the same is to be performed, We declare that what We claim is l. A body for motor road-vehicles with a back rotunda-seat arranged at the back part c of the carriage, closed at the sides and at the back, in combination with a front seat or drivers seat a one part of which can be lifted sidewise by pivoting on the stationary part, in combination with a door (Z arranged at the side of the movable part of the seat a, and in combination with a lever h arranged beneath the movable part of the seat and pivoted to a stationary point 0 intermediate of its length and with a bent rod 7c pivoted by one end to the small arm of the lever h and by the other end to the door (Z, near the hinge thereof substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A body for motor road-vehicles with a back rotunda-seat arranged in a part c of the carriage, closed at the sides and at the back, in combination with a front seat a, made of two parts, one stationary and the other movable and pivoted to the stationary part, in

combination with a petroleum-reservoir harranged beneath the seat a and provided with a vertical recess 2 and a horizontal recess at i the under part Z, in combination with a door 61 arranged at the side of the movable part of the seat a, in combination with the lever 71 pivoted at o to the wall of the reservoir I), located in the recess 2' and carrying at the end of its long arm a roller j which bears constantly against the bottom of the movable part of the seat a and rolls on the way n when the seat is raised or lowered, in combination with a bent rod is located in the recess 1 and pivoted by one end to thesmall arm of the leverh and by the other end to the inner surface of the door at a certain distance from the hinge, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In Witness whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

ANTOINE LAVOIX, EDWARD P. MAoLnAN. 

